Fall 2008 Advocate

The Fall 2008 Advocate is available in PDF format here.

Feature Articles

Law School Hosts a Gathering of Luminaries
Rarely do a federal agency, an association of private lawyers, and an academic institution join together to organize a conference. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor would know, and she brought this to everyone’s attention in her opening address at just such a remarkable event: the combined 40th anniversary celebration of the Federal Judicial Center and annual meeting of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, held Thursday, September 18, through Friday, September 19, at Lewis & Clark Law School.

Animal Law Evolves
School’s nationally recognized Animal Law Program to the next level.

Founded in 2008, the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark is the new home for the animal law programs and activities of Lewis & Clark Law School. The center collaborates with the national nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund to educate and support law students and legal professionals in the rapidly developing field of animal law through classes, conferences, scholarship, and clinical opportunities.

A Lawyer’s Journey
So if I loved my law practice, why would I ever leave? Well, 10 years ago, during the fall of 1998, I unwittingly began a journey that would take me to a new career. By David Spicer '80

Learning in China
Fourteen Lewis & Clark Law School students studied Chinese law and culture this May in Beijing at Peiking University (Beida). The overseas study program was a partnership between the Law School and the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law. Taught by English-speaking Beida professors, students learned about Chinese history and politics as well as Chinese contract law, criminal law and procedure, and other basic aspects of the legal system.

Keeping Up a Tradition of Moot Court Victories
Our environmental and animal law moot court program had its best year ever in 2007-08, with our teams winning both the National Environmental Law Moot Court competition at Pace Law School and the Animal Law Moot Court at Harvard Law School. This is the fifth time we have won the Pace competition, and the second year in a row that we have won at Harvard.

Thanks for Everything Art LaFrance, Don Large, and Ron Lansing Retire
This year the Law School says goodbye to three of its long-cherished faculty members. Professors Art LaFrance, Don Large, and Ron Lansing all retired after decades of service to the Law School and the legal community. The following stories pay tribute to the accomplishments and contributions of these men during their careers here. We wish them all the best as they move to the next exciting stage of their lives.